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9. MEETPOINT BILLING – FACILITIES BASED
ATTACHMENT 28: COMPREHENSIVE BILLING-TX/SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE, L.P.
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SBC TEXAS/CLEC JOINT PETITIONERS
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9.1 CLEC and SBC TEXAS will establish Meet Point Billing (MPB) arrangements in order to provide
Switched Access via SBC TEXAS’ Access Tandem in accordance with the Meet Point Billing
guidelines adopted by and contained in the OBF’s MECAB documents, except as modified herein.
Each Party will maintain provisions in its respective federal and state access tariffs, and/or
provisions within the National Exchange Carrier Association (NECA) Tariff No. 4, or any successor
tariff to reflect the MPB arrangements identified in this Agreement, including MPB percentages.
9.2 CLEC and will implement the Multiple Bill/Single Tariff option. As described in the MECAB
document, each Party will render a bill in accordance with its own tariff for that portion of the
service it provides.
# 9.2.1 The details of record exchange options available to CLEC from SBC TEXAS are set forth
in Attachment 24: Recording.
9.3 In the case of tandem routing, the tandem company will provide to the end office company the
billing name, billing address, IXC billing contact telephone number, IXC type of service, IXC ACTL
and carrier identification code (CIC) of the Interexchange Carriers (IXCs) in order to comply with
the MPB Notification process as outlined in the MECAB document. Such information will be
provided, on a one-time basis. In the event that the end office company is unable to ascertain the
IXC to be billed, the tandem company will work with the end office company to identify the proper
entity to be billed.
9.4 Intentionally Left Blank.
# 9.5 Neither Party will compensate the other for any record exchange under Section 9 of this
Attachment or under Appendix Recording.
9.6 The Official Recording Company will provide to the other Party the Switched Access Detail Usage
Data (category 1101XX records) via such media as the Parties may agree to, on a daily basis
within ten (10) business days after the usage occurs. The Official Recording Party will send such
data to the location specified by the other Party.
9.6.1 Each Party will act as the Official Recording Company for Switched Access usage when it
is jointly provided between the Parties. As described in the MECAB document, the
Official Recording Company for tandem routed traffic is:
(1) the end office company for originating traffic,
(2) the tandem company for terminating tandem routed traffic and
(3) the SSP company for originating 800 traffic.
9.7 MPB shall also apply to all jointly provided MOU traffic bearing the 900, or toll free NPAs (e.g., 800,
877, 866, 888 NPAs, or any other non-geographic NPAs) which may likewise be designated for
such traffic in the future where the responsible party is an IXC. The Party that performs the SSP
function (launches the query to the 800 database) will bill the 800 Service Provider for this function.
# Conformed to Docket 28821